2022
Trajectories and outcomes of adolescents that ride with an impaired driver/drive while impaired
Vaca FE, Li K, Haynie DL, Gao X, Camenga DR, Dziura J, Banz BC, Curry LA, Mayes L, Hosseinichimeh N, MacDonald R, Iannotti RJ, Simons-Morton B. Trajectories and outcomes of adolescents that ride with an impaired driver/drive while impaired. Journal Of Transport & Health 2022, 24: 101303. PMID: 35295763, PMCID: PMC8920071, DOI: 10.1016/j.jth.2021.101303.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHealth statusLater health statusLater health outcomesOutcomes of adolescentsNEXT Generation Health StudyLater healthTrajectory classesHealth StudyProspective associationsHealth outcomesRepresentative longitudinal studyAbstainersDeclinersEarly adulthoodEducation attainmentLatent class analysisImpaired driversLongitudinal studyDWIOutcomesAnnual assessmentsAdolescentsAdulthood
2011
Crash injury risk behavior in adolescent latino males: the power of friends and relational connections.
Vaca FE, Anderson CL. Crash injury risk behavior in adolescent latino males: the power of friends and relational connections. AAAM Annual Conference 2011, 55: 41-50. PMID: 22105382, PMCID: PMC3232044.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInjury-risk behaviorsRisk behaviorsWave IMotor vehicle crash fatalitiesMortality burdenMortality profilePrevention strategiesParent connectednessVulnerable populationsPrevention effectNational Longitudinal StudyLongitudinal studyAdolescent HealthLongitudinal analysisWave IIConsiderable proportionLatino malesMalesFriends' influenceCrash fatalitiesStudy goalSchool connectednessBest predictorDemographic groupsLinear regression